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- 1 After a Foot Massage, the Zombie Apocalypse? 足浴之后，丧尸末日了？ No superpowers, no System, no transmigration, no being reborn. Every knife strike draws blood, every bullet hits flesh. This isn't a power fantasy, and the pacing is slow. Read with caution if that bothers you. Zhang Hai, a country boy with no connections who makes a living selling things from a street stall, has to rely on all kinds of bizarre methods to kill zombies and survive the apocalypse. When the zombie apocalypse comes, the most dangerous thing is being too softhearted, because it will 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Apocalypse: Zombies Eat People, but I Eat Zombies 末世：丧尸吃人而我吃丧尸 [Apocalyptic survival + no System + human nature + no harem + evolution] [Buckle up. The early chapters are a little graphic, so read with caution if that's not your thing.] At the end of the twenty-second century on Blue Star, a sudden, unknown thick fog swept across the world. The number of survivors dwindled, but countless people who had died “came back to life.” Wu Qi, who should have died, recovered. But strangely, he couldn't feel his heart beating... See how Wu Qi survives in an ever-chan 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Zombies Besiege the City: A Special Police Officer's Mission 丧尸围城：特警的使命 Zhang Xiaobai is 20 years old, a rookie international agent who has just started the job. While carrying out an anti-drug operation, he is captured by drug lords. The ship transporting the drugs accidentally encounters a mutant creature: a zombie great white shark. The cruise ship is attacked by the zombie great white shark and breaks apart. Zhang Xiaobai and his fellow agents plunge into the sea, but he miraculously survives and drifts ashore in Meilu Country. A plague turned some people into z 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 When the Zombies Came, I Led My Family in Search of Survival 丧尸降临，我带着家人求生 A rebirth story with no pocket dimension or superpowers. An ordinary person without substantial assets gets a realistic second chance at life. Ten years after the zombie outbreak, Zhao Guoran caught pneumonia and couldn't get medicine. He never got to see a brighter future! When he opened his eyes again, Zhao Guoran had been reborn one month before the apocalypse. This time, he would take his family with him and survive the zombies and the end of the world. But a person's abilities are ultimatel 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Apocalypse’s Little Security Guard 末日小保安 [No cheat powers, just pure thrills! The story begins after the elves awaken] Night-shift security guard Li Hui is helping catch a cheater when the apocalypse strikes. I was only helping catch someone cheating, okay? What is wrong with you? You actually turned into a zombie and tried to bite me. Damn it! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Me, a Beautiful Life 我，美丽人生 Not a power fantasy. No cheats. A realistic, hard-core fight to survive the apocalypse. No lone heroics here, just the story of how an ordinary person tries to protect his family and struggle to stay alive when the apocalypse comes. Everything... is just about staying alive. A sudden global virus sweeps across the world. Sixty percent of those infected die outright, while most survivors descend into madness and become man-eating creatures. Dark clouds hang overhead for days, and strange dust dri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Ghost Gate World: A Hunter’s Game for the Amnesiac 鬼门世界：失忆者的猎杀游戏 No System, no stockpiling. A pure apocalyptic exploration novel. I woke from a coma with no memory. My body was covered in knife wounds, and I couldn’t move. Two people in black robes came through the door. The woman said, “Honey, cut off his ears and make sashimi for me.” … This is a world overrun by cults, vengeful ghosts, and zombies. I have to survive! #HardcoreSurvivalNoSystem #Mystery #ApocalypticSurvival #CultsAndVengefulGhosts #SupernaturalHorrors —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 On the Road Through the Apocalypse 末日旅途中 Gritty apocalypse | No mutations | A chronicle of humanity's ups and downs When zombies cannot evolve and humans cannot awaken special abilities, the apocalypse has only one rule: attrition. Resources dwindle, and humanity degenerates. Lin Xiu and Su Wan, two ordinary women thrown into desperate circumstances, must face people even more dangerous than the zombies. In an apocalyptic world ruled by male strength, they have few choices: depend on others, make deals, or carve out a path of their o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Doomsday: Zombie Venom Is My Stimulant 末日：尸毒就是我的兴奋剂 [No System, traditional apocalypse, living corpses, no bleeding-heart hero, not bloodthirsty, slight physical enhancement, plot-driven] A sudden catastrophe turned the world into a living hell, and humanity struggled to survive in despair. The wheels of fate began to turn. Wang Zhuo, an ordinary man before the catastrophe, rose to prominence in this desperate age, gradually building up his team and strength as he searched through blood and fire for a glimmer of hope for humanity's revival. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Survival Guide 逃生指南 How can ordinary women survive in the apocalypse? How can they carry on? Should they eke out a miserable existence, or fight their way to survival? When the long night seems endless, they raise their torches high. One woman presses forward fearlessly to save another, and together they overcome every hardship. From Xinlin Residential Complex to the forests stretching for thousands of miles, they endure trial after trial, tempering themselves through suffering and living with a clear conscience. T 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Apocalypse: Reborn with a Pocket Dimension 末世：带着空间重生归来 [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Massive Stockpiling + Revenge] The world entered an era of ice as the extreme-cold apocalypse struck, killing 95 percent of humanity. A month later, the ice receded, and everyone who had died turned into zombies. The zombie apocalypse had officially begun. In his previous life, Lin Mo struggled to survive and awakened a spatial ability. But soon afterward, his neighbors broke into his home, brutally killed him, and devoured him. When he woke again, he ha 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Apocalypse Virus: The Age of Calamity 末世病毒：灾厄纪元 [Apocalyptic virus, infection and evolution, decisive killing, no saintly heroics, one heroine] (Set in a fictional parallel world. All place names and personal names are fictional. Please don't take them as real.) A virus that destroys civilization, all manner of strange infected creatures, and a tide of corpses that leaves no hope of survival. Bai Mo has only one weapon: a blade tempered through endless trials. (The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Please read the novel.) 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Ashen Mist: Evolution Frenzy 雾烬：进化狂潮 [Apocalypse + evolution + no supernatural powers + no heroine + no zombies] A sudden, dense fog causes all living things to mutate and evolve. Faced with this fog, can humanity, once perched atop the food chain, remain there? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Just Want to Lay Low in the Apocalypse, but Beautiful Women Keep Coming to Me! 末世只想苟，却有美来投！ Not reborn + multiple heroines + an old hand + a slow-burn golden finger Chen Yuan nearly got disemboweled just for picking up a bag. After killing his attacker in self-defense, he also learned that the Apocalypse was coming. What was he supposed to do? Find a doghouse, stock up on supplies, and scrape by in the Apocalypse. A notebook left behind by someone who had been reborn and a tiny copper pot that looked like a cheap imitation became his greatest assets. From then on, this nobody got to li 22.4kReads7.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 15 The Sea of Corpses: A Journey Through the Apocalypse 末世之尸海人途 [No supernatural powers, no System, no harem. A zombie apocalypse story with the most realistic survival possible!] The protagonist, Zhang Shouchen, and his friend Bai Shaoyang are two college graduates who have only just started working. Ten years after nuclear wastewater was dumped into the sea, profit-hungry corporations developed a “radiation-neutralizing vaccine” and quickly rolled it out across the world, including in Longguo. But months later, the vaccinated began to mutate... Zhang Shouc 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Chen Qiang in the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸末日陈强 This is a story about an outbreak of a zombie virus. With no System to help, how can a civil engineer build a fortress in the apocalypse? How will the surviving humans live and reproduce? How can a shelter be reinforced? How do you make nitroglycerin explosives? How do you fight off threats? My new work is here. I hope you'll enjoy reading it. Your follows and comments are what keep me writing. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Light in the Darkest Rift 黑暗缝隙里的光明 [Apocalypse + zombies + survival + no superpowers + no harem + ruthless] An inexplicable virus swept across the globe. People called it the zombie virus. When the apocalypse arrived, college student Yun Fan witnessed it all. He faced not only the danger of zombies, but also the threat posed by other humans. For his own safety, he showed no mercy to potential threats, and his hands were stained with blood. “This strike is for his hand.” “This strike is for us.” “This strike is for all the good pe 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Please Survive: An Ordinary Person's Zombie Apocalypse 《请活下来：普通人的末日丧尸》 Please Survive: An Ordinary Person’s Zombie Apocalypse —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Corpse Road Home 归途尸途 The Corpse Road Home 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Struggled Through the Apocalypse Only to Become a Pawn 末世努力终成棋子 A retired soldier in the apocalypse. A former soldier turned PE teacher fights to survive the end of the world. A glimmer of hope in the apocalypse. Unlocking potential + genetic evolution + crystal cores. Born human, yet our fate is not our own. Humanity’s infighting has severely damaged the planet’s environment. Dwindling forests, nuclear pollution, radiation, and increasingly harsh living conditions have all sown the seeds of the apocalypse. Then, one day, a sample that rapidly accelerates th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A True Account of Escaping the Apocalypse: Just Living an Ordinary Life 末日逃生实录：平凡的活着 Evolution-focused A realistic survival story with comedic elements A young man and woman, both 20, set out to find their parents. Along the way, they are gradually drawn into an unfathomably deep mystery... No rebirth. No saintly heroine. No System-focused plot. Not a brainless story about killing without batting an eye, nor a wish-fulfillment tale about a loser making it big and acting like a big shot. Anyway, it really does feel like a real-life escape story. P.S. Please be patient and read th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The World's Embers 世界余烬 [Apocalypse + Sci-fi + Logical, not mindless + No System + Surprises] An otherworldly realm, the starry sky, mottled and dazzling. The fate of Zhang Hu, struggling to survive on the Blue Star, is completely changed by the arrival of an unexpected visitor! "You didn't really think this place was called Earth, did you?" On the otherworldly continent, conflict rages. The divine clans reign supreme over Xuantian, treating all things as mere fodder! "Of the ten parts of fortune, the Central Lands cla —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Apocalypse Is Here, but I'm Not Ready Yet! 末世来了，但我还没准备好！ He was once a lowly nobody, fighting to survive the cold wave; He was once a veteran, rediscovering his faith in the face of utter despair. No System, no golden finger, no miraculous comeback. Just a beat-up car and a few companions he happened to meet along the way. The protagonist is a ride-hailing driver, drowning in debt, whose girlfriend has run off. A sudden, extreme cold wave plunges the world straight into doomsday. Extreme cold descends, meteorites streak across the sky, viruses break —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Endless Hiding 无尽躲藏 This is a world with no concept of "zombies," a parallel world with no related movies, stories, or information. An unprecedented crisis descends without warning. No one knows what the biting "strangers" are. They only know that these "strangers" inexplicably lunge at the people around them and bite. No one knows why they bite, only that they fear no death and possess monstrous strength. No one knows where it is safe, so all they can do is hide and flee for their lives. Welcome to a world filled 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Dark Sorrow, Song of the Dead, Stele of the Burning Plains 【黯殇】【亡歌】【燎原碑】 “A breeze can blow away a sheet of paper, but it cannot blow away a butterfly, because the power of life lies in refusing to yield.” The new novel’s story will be posted gradually, as there are many things I need to think carefully about for various reasons. I hope you can understand. This novel aims to portray a modern young person growing step by step. If you want a protagonist who is decisive, experienced, and instantly invincible from the very beginning, this probably won’t be for you. Reade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Took a Vacation, So How Did a Zombie Outbreak Start? 休个假，咋就爆发丧尸了 Su Qing is a female special forces soldier heading home for leave. As soon as she arrives at the airport, she encounters people biting one another. She assumes it's an ordinary case of rabies, but then the victims suddenly come back to life in bizarre poses and lunge at other people. “Holy crap, those are zombies!” someone shouts. Su Qing had read plenty of zombie novels and watched plenty of zombie movies in school, but she never imagined zombies would appear in the human world. And so, the apo 133Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 27 World War Z: I Can Extract from Any Game Library 僵尸世界大战：我能提取各游戏库 [Transmigration to another world · Cs:Go · nuclear explosion · high martial arts · ensemble cast] “Transmigrate into a high-martial-arts world, clear pollution from dungeons for huge rewards? I’ll just pull out a Negev!” Ye Zhang opens his eyes in a vast world of martial arts. The moment he enters a dungeon, he unlocks a Cs:Go golden finger! Ye Zhang raises his Negev and roars, “Kill! Rake the zombie horde with bullets!” From the siege of Jerusalem to the bombardment of Cairo, the squad foll 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Record of Doomsday 末日记实录 Epidemics, nuclear wastewater, the apocalypse, wastelands, and a massive zombie outbreak. Truth and illusion blur together as people rely on instinct to survive the end of the world. How long could you last in an apocalyptic wasteland? No supernatural abilities in this story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Three Loops to Escape 逃亡三周目 [Note: This story is entirely fictional.] Fiction! Fiction! Fiction! Lu Ren once lived a happy life, but a series of upheavals as he grew up made him quiet and withdrawn. In other people’s eyes, he became just another passerby. After starting university, Lu Ren, who had little interest in socializing, gradually found himself caught up in one “trouble” after another. Through his interactions with his friend Han Yong and many others, his personality began to change a little. Then his chaotic famil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 I Awakened Superpowers When the Zombie Apocalypse Broke Out 丧尸末世爆发我觉醒了超能力 [Multiple Heroines] [Justice-Driven, Brash Male Lead] [Mutant Zombies] [Character Growth] [No System] In this zombie apocalypse gone mad, Lin Mo is lucky to have awakened superpowers. He can protect himself with ease and even rescue a few girls... Otherwise, just looking at all these bizarre mutant zombies flying through the air and burrowing underground makes it seem like there'd be no point in struggling to survive in a world like this. 242Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 31 Resident Evil: I Awakened Special Traits and Have Women on Both Arms 生化危机：觉醒词条，我左拥右抱 Lin Xia was a die-hard Resident Evil fan. While watching a video explaining the series, he was sent flying by a truck that ran a red light. When he opened his eyes again, the night wind cut to the bone, and the highway was desolate and silent. A sign stood plainly before him: Raccoon City. Welcome. Lin Xia's heart sank. If he had to transmigrate, why did it have to be Raccoon City? That place crawling with zombies, where no one even survives past the opening credits? He could already picture him 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Apocalypse: An Unexpected Force Rises 末世之异军突起 [Apocalypse + Soldiers + Virus + Devouring + Evolution + A New Race! No Cheap Drama! One Surprise After Another! Nonstop Excitement!] Lu Fan was living in a slum when he accidentally contracted a zombie virus. To his surprise, he could freely switch between human and zombie forms. There were too many zombies to fight head-on, so he switched to zombie form to blend in, then summoned a tentacle to devour zombies and evolve. Don't want your identity exposed? Easy. Turn into a zombie and summon armo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Have My Own Rules for the Apocalypse 我有我自己的末日规则 In Doomsday, I have my own code of conduct. That means always sticking to my principles, but having no principles when it comes to my enemies! Even in Doomsday, I have to live like a human being!! 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Apocalypse: Infinite Devouring and Evolution 末世：我能无限吞噬进化 [Apocalypse + reborn + decisive and ruthless + no goody-two-shoes + revenge + team survival + no deadweight + collecting superpowers + everyone evolves] After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Fang Bai's first act upon returning is to kill the scheming campus beauty who ruined his family, along with her father, a mining tycoon. In his previous life, he had an S-rank superpower, but had no way to develop it. By the time it awakened, it was too late. This time, he gains the ability to devour 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Apocalypse: My Skills Are Completely Random 末世：我的技能全随机 When Wang Kai kicked open the convenience store’s rolling shutter, half-dried blood still streaked his face. He stared at the family of three huddled beside the freezer as a pale blue System panel suddenly appeared: his skill had refreshed. [Temporary Skill: Metal objects you touch will randomly change color for one hour.] “Useless skill.” Wang Kai scoffed and kicked the nearby sheet-metal shelving, knocking it askew. Its legs scraped against the floor with a shrill sound, and the parents hugg 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Watch Out, They’re Not Human 小心，他们不是人 Doppelgangers + No Superpowers + Mind Games + Military + Horror + Survival, with multiple storylines. South China Sea, Mirage Island. A weather station has been out of contact for 47 hours. A six-person reconnaissance team lands to investigate. They find an empty building, a wall covered in flesh, and a warning written in blood with a finger: "Be careful." It's not an enemy. It's not a beast. It's something that looks exactly like them, but isn't human at all. All you have to do is be careful an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Walking Corpses of the Apocalypse 末世行尸骸 (No supernatural powers, no harem, no System, character-driven story) When a virus suddenly breaks out, there is no System, no supernatural powers, and no power fantasy. All that remains is human nature. See how Kane, a former firefighter and laborer, struggles to keep his family alive in the apocalypse... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Mutations at the End of the World: School Days 末日校园之异变 A zombie virus breaks out at a high school, turning the campus into a battlefield. Best friends turn against each other, and the trapped students must fight their way to freedom. The students and teachers on campus are still trying to fight off the zombies and make plans to escape... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Apocalypse Descends: From the Start, Ten Thousand People Are Trapped at School 末世降临：开局一万人被困学校 (Not a rebirth story, no System. This is a story of surviving one step at a time, starting from the moment disaster strikes. Only the first volume begins at a school; the entire story does not take place there.) [Apocalypse Survival] [Supernatural Apocalypse] [Mystery and Strategy] [Superpowers] [Plot-Driven] [Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Tainted: Guardians of the Dawn 污核之众：曙光守护 [Apocalypse + zombies + no rebirth + no superpowers + no System + traditional realism + no mindless wish fulfillment] After completing a year as an intern, Xu Yi is hired as a police officer at the municipal bureau. He is immediately assigned to mentor a new intern, Liu Wanxing. Just as Xu Yi is worrying about whether he can handle training a newcomer, an even bigger problem quietly emerges. An unusual riot breaks out at the airport in Linhai City's Linnan District. Xu Yi, a police officer with 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Apocalypse: I Play the Villain 末世：我在末世当反派 [System] [Survival] [No Superpowers] [Awaken the Villain System in the Apocalypse!] I have to follow the script: reject people begging for help in front of everyone, forcibly “recruit” survivors, monopolize every resource, and establish absolute rule. Everyone thinks I’m a demon who would eat them alive. But they don’t know the truth. I want to be a good person, but the System won’t let me. So I’ll play the villain: I’ll keep acting until everyone thinks I’m the bad guy, and until even the Syste 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Apocalypse: The Road of the Dead 末世：尸途之路 [Realistic Zombie Fiction + Zombies + Apocalypse + No Superpowers + No System + No Golden Finger + The Protagonist Isn't All-Powerful + He Gets Hurt Too + He Won't Die + Don't Be Fooled by the Title + Please, I'll Get on My Knees if You Don't Read It + Realistic, Walking Dead-like Style + Best Savored Slowly + Slow-Paced] Don't fall for the superpower cliches! The real apocalypse doesn't pull its punches. No System, no superpowers, just zombies tearing into people and struggles over human nature 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Apocalypse Overlord Plays by No Rules 末世枭雄不讲道理 "I'll be dead in three months." Xiao Lang was twenty-six. Before the apocalypse, his girlfriend had dumped him, and both his parents were dead. After it began, he scraped by for two months, wanting nothing but to wait for death. Then a group of cripples attacked him, leaving him on the brink of death. When he woke up, there was a new voice in his head: "I am Cao Mengde. Today, I have come back to life." From that moment on, the cowardly Xiao Lang was dead. Someone else was alive in his place —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Lord of the Empire at the End of the World 末世帝国之主 A collision between a sci-fi apocalypse and a magical medieval world. Keywords: apocalypse, farming, conquest. System, base, development. Transmigration, sci-fi, fantasy. Special thanks to: Mount & Blade: Warband - Prophecy of Pendor, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Walking Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, State of Decay 2, Star Wars, Cyberpunk 2077, StarCraft, Dark Souls III, Elden Ring, Stellaris, Fallout 4, Conqueror's Blade, Europa Universalis IV, and more. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Doomsday Zombie-Slaying Order 末日斩尸令 Lin Chuan, a former special forces scout, is wounded while carrying out a mission overseas. When he wakes, he finds the world has become a zombie-ravaged wasteland. With his dog Naruto at his side, he embarks on a hard-core struggle for survival, going from fighting alone to assembling a team and establishing a base. Through trial after trial, including battles over resources, his team’s capture, and relocation and rebuilding, Lin Chuan gradually proves himself as a leader, unites forces from al 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Apocalypse’s Enigma 末世迷焉 Zombies, radioactive rain, dense fog, blizzards, mutated creatures. A string of disasters has descended upon Earth. Where can humanity find a way out? What secrets is the military hiding? What's beyond the ice wall? Are there worlds beyond our own?! Do strange and legendary creatures walk side by side?! Join the protagonist in uncovering the truth beneath this rotting world. Can they find a path to salvation through the layers of fog? Is there no way back, or are we trapped here by our own doing 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Survival in the Post-Apocalypse! Under the Sun 末世生存！阳光之下 The world wasn’t destroyed by natural disasters, but it may yet be destroyed by human folly. One ordinary day, a once-happy family of three faced the end of the world. Let’s see how they manage to survive! 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Academy of the Undead: Lost in the Apocalypse 尸起学院：末日迷途 [Realistic apocalypse + absurdist style, intense and harrowing! Not a power fantasy!] Follow the story of a young aspiring warlord as he outwits other survivors in the apocalypse and ultimately finds redemption. Liu Chen was an ordinary vocational school student. But a sudden zombie virus changed his peaceful life. What happens when more than twenty people are trapped in a classroom with barely any food or supplies? After escaping the school through a horde of the living dead, where can they go? 63Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 49 The Apocalypse: From the Start, I Tied Up an Angel to Warm My Bed 末世，开局先绑个天使暖被窝 Ninety-nine rebirths, ninety-nine agonizing deaths! Zombies devour flesh, evil spirits devour souls, demons lay cities to waste, and angels “purify” the world. In this apocalypse, humanity is nothing but food and playthings for the four races! Lin Feng returned with all his memories intact, only to run straight into angels harvesting human souls from the start. In a desperate situation, he turned around and awakened a sealed high-ranking demon, sparking a deadly war between gods and demons. Amid 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Final Singer 终末歌者 [Sci-fi + apocalypse survival + zombies + realism + mutated animals and plants + ...] This book contains graphic violence, bloodshed, horror, suspense, and humor, as well as content that may conflict with the values of ordinary people living in peaceful times. Please read with caution!!! Synopsis: Set against a broad approximation of modern society, this book explores a parallel story world shaped by the plausible chain of events that could follow an uncontrollable outbreak of zombies and mutate 5Reads—Score—14d adds
